Flushing vs. Not Flushing

tulip flowers and bud from marijuana are biologically different. Maybe you have the misconception that just because the bud from marijuana is a flower that it the same as a tulip and therefore develops like a tulip (since that's what you essentially equated it too). a single tulip flower has both male and female parts while true sensimilla bud as you know comes from UN-pollinated FEMALE PLANTS and has hundreds of calyxes and stigmas. not only that but the flowers develop completely different. Marijuana has been cultivated for thousands of years by humans, and therefore the plant has been subjected to some crazy ass genetic selection. That's why it is believe to have somuch fucking thc now. Because we chose to breed the plants that crystalier that the others for thousands of years. So please do not compare weed to tulip flowers. That's just dumb.
With marijuana you want the plant to produce as many calyx's and stigmas so that the get what I call, " all clusteredfucked together and shit" so that flower develops and GROWS (that means it increases in size :O) dense and large. The end result being the bud.

but I have to say I am very interested see some grow journals and see some growers who don't flush. what are the real effects of not flushing? I guess like rocpilefsj said, "...don't knock it till you try it".

OBMF said:

but I have to say I am very interested see some grow journals and see some growers who don't flush. what are the real effects of not flushing? I guess like rocpilefsj said, "...don't knock it till you try it".

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Knock knock Lahey! I am by no means an expert, one of my favorite sayings is "I can't always tell you what to do, but I can almost for sure tell you what NOT to do!" I have tried many things when it comes to growing, some with great results, some with disastrous results.

OBMF said:

but I have to say I am very interested see some grow journals and see some growers who don't flush. what are the real effects of not flushing? I guess like rocpilefsj said, "...don't knock it till you try it".

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Right here. I don't flush. It's not necessary and in fact hurts your plants.

My smoke is strong and sweet to the very last white-ash hit.

I used to flush and saw how it negatively impacted my crop. So I stopped. Now you couldn't pay me to flush.

is there more yield? I'm actually really interested. Did you see a significant increase in quality i.e. more crystals? Or is it because you tend to regenerate?

OBMF said:

is there more yield? I'm actually really interested. Did you see a significant increase in quality i.e. more crystals? Or is it because you tend to regenerate?

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The impact wasn't in seen in yield but rather bud quality as reflected in the general health of the plants at harvest.

The last stretch of time before harvest is when the plants are producing into their peak potency. And so this is the worst possible time to cut out nutrient.

Proper translocation of the green in the leaves is a natural process of the plant that is promoted by the correct dosage of the right ratio of NPK at the right time. Flushing doesn't force the plant to do anything but feed on itself for lack of available resources... This hurts potency plain and simple.

But bear in mind that I utilize an accelerated hydro system. What I said doesn't necessarily hold true for soil growers.

Here are some controlled lab tests that prove there is no positive affect of flushing on your final product or for any desired outcome. There are also blind tests where all participants preferred the unfinished product. I ended up with the same results with my last grow for genetic testing purposes. Here are some of the tests, check them out and give me some feedback.

Devlin1242 said:

Here are some controlled lab tests that prove there is no positive affect of flushing on your final product or for any desired outcome. There are also blind tests where all participants preferred the unfinished product. I ended up with the same results with my last grow for genetic testing purposes. Here are some of the tests, check them out and give me some feedback.

New Research Shows Flushing Plants Before Harvest May Be Unnecessary

In a blind taste test, researchers have found that many prefer cannabis that has not been flushed before harvest.

hightimes.com

Flushing Cannabis - the science | Manic Botanix

The Flushing Cannabis Myth Exposed Flushing – running water only with no nutrients for the last 10 -14 days of flower – has long been argued to improve the quality of cannabis.

medteknutrients.com.au

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Proven that flushing only starves your plants and does not have any added affect on THC, CBD, or trichome production.